Obituaries in Blanchardville & Hollandale

Feb 6, 2020

Maynard Juel Swenson, age 85 of rural Barneveld died on Thursday morning, February 6, 2020 at the VA Hospital in Madison.  He was born on September 20, 1934 in the Town of Moscow on the family farm to Malcolm and Hazel (Evenson) Swenson.  He grew up working with his family on the farm.  He went to the Adamsville rural...

Jan 23, 2020

Gertrude "Trudy" Willamina Presbroten, age 94 of rural Hollandale, died on Thursday, January 23, 2020 at her home.  She was born on April 11, 1925 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin to Herman and Hulda (Beguhl) Schulz.  She grew up on her family's farm in rural Lake Geneva.  She attended rural school, and then graduated from high school in Lake Geneva. ...

Jan 15, 2020

Nicholas "Nick" James Day, age 26 of Blue Mounds died unexpectedly on Wednesday, January 15, 2020.  He was born on November 18, 1993 in Madison to James Curtis and Donna Jean (Luhman) Day.  Nick grew up on the family dairy farm on Day road in rural Hollandale, with his family, eventually working with them on the farm.  In his...

Jan 6, 2020

Eldon F. Schraepfer, long time area auctioneer and realtor, passed away on Monday morning, January 6, 2020 at Upland Hills Hospital in Dodgeville at the age of 86.  A lifelong resident of Moscow Township, Eldon was born on July 4, 1933 in Mount Horeb, WI to Frederick and Agnes (Brattlie) Schraepfer.  His education began at the River Fork country...

Jan 3, 2020

Dick Peterson, otherwise known as Dick Sherwood from the Dick Sherwood band, died on Friday, January 3, 2020 at the VA Hospital in Madison at the age of 85.  He was born on March 30, 1934 in rural Hollandale on the family farm to Raymond Lavene and Lulu Christine (Lee) Peterson.  Dick grew up on the family farm working...

Dec 15, 2019

Darren Paul Meade, age 39 of rural Argyle, formerly of Blanchardville died on Sunday, December 15, 2019 as a result of a farm accident.  He was born on April 25, 1980 in Monroe to John Paul and Ann Marie (Olson) Meade.  Darren grew up in Blanchardville going to the Pecatonica grade and high school, and enjoying working on farm...

Dec 7, 2019

David Joseph Laurent, age 69 of Blanchardville, Wisconsin and Fountain Valley, California died on Saturday, December 7, 2019 as the result of an accident on his farm.  He was born on April 23, 1950 in Racine, Wisconsin to Joseph and Traia (Kiley) Laurent.  He grew up in Racine with his family of 12 children.  He went to grade school...

Nov 30, 2019

Don & Colleen Soper, age 87 of Waunakee , together in life and sadly but fittingly were together at the time of death on Saturday November 30, 2019.  Don was born on May 30, 1932 in Blanchardville to Everett and Edna Soper. Colleen was born on November 7, 1932 in Hollandale to Elmer and Geneva Hendrickson. They both attended...

Oct 31, 2019

John "Jack" Sebastian Leonard, 89, passed peacefully on October 31, 2019 at VA Hospital surrounded by his loving family.

Born January 20, 1930 in Dodgeville to Edward Sylvester and Mary Amelia (Girardin) Leonard, Jack grew up in Hollandale and attended Moscow Center Rural School, then Dodgeville High School, and finally graduated from the UW-Madison Agricultural Short Course....

Oct 29, 2019

Thomasine "Tommie" Alan, age 86, passed away on Tuesday, October 29 at Agrace HospiceCare.  She had been residing at the New Glarus Home after living in Blanchardville for 20 years. She was born May 24, 1933 in Nevada to Herbert Edward Rowntree and Elsie Vera (Everett) Rowntree. She grew up and attended school in Smith Valley. She had graduated...

Oct 15, 2019

Richard Clair Hermanson, age 82 of rural Blanchardville died on Tuesday evening, October 15, 2019 at the Monroe Clinic Hospice Home in Monroe.  He was born on May 19, 1937 in Madison to Clara Hermanson. Upon Clara's death in 1943, Richard was taken in and lovingly raised by his aunt and uncle, Bennie & Alma Hermanson and their children...

Oct 13, 2019

James Bernard Toay, age 82 of rural Dodgeville died on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at Upland Hills Nursing and Rehab Center in Dodgeville.  He was born on June 15, 1937 in Dodgeville to James Vernon and Frieda (Wiest) Toay.  He grew up and worked on the Toay farm his whole life, which has been in the family since 1857. ...

Oct 3, 2019

Jeffrey John Strand, age 56 of Hollandale died unexpectedly on Thursday, October 3, 2019 at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison after battling heart disease.  He was born on July 13, 1963 to John "Jack" Gilbert and Juanita (Anderson) Strand.  Jeff grew up in Hollandale, attended the Hollandale and Pecatonica grade schools, and the Pecatonica High School, graduating in 1982. ...

Sep 16, 2019

Jerry Levern (Pete) Peterson, age 71 of Hollandale, died on September 16, 2019 at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, WI.  Jerry was born on June 30, 1948 in Dodgeville to Amos Levern and Marie (Marty) Peterson.  His family first lived on a farm in the Sandy Rock area, and then moved to the farm where...

Jun 14, 2019

Marie  Peterson, age 93 of Blanchardville died on Friday morning, June 14, 2019 at the Uplands Hills Nursing and Rehab Center in Dodgeville.  She was born on October 30, 1925 in Green county, WI, the daughter of Adolf & Marie (Amacher) Marty.  She attended the Moscow Center rural school.

Marie married Amos L. Peterson on July 15,...

Jun 10, 2019

Donna Rae Peterson, age 80 of Barneveld died on Monday morning, June 10, 2019 at the Upland Hills Hospital in Dodgeville.  She was born on March 25, 1939 to Raymond and Lulu (Lee) Peterson.  She grew up in rural Barneveld, helping her family on the family farm.  She was married and they had four children.  They dairy farmed together...

May 24, 2019

Jean (Solberg) Swenson, age 83 of rural Barneveld died on Friday, May 24, 2019 at the Upland Hills Hospital in Dodgeville.  She was born on March 12, 1936 in Sturgis, South Dakota to Ludwig Benhart & Lena Louise (Gensler) Solberg.  She lived in Haydraw, South Dakota with her family on a ranch until when she was 8 at the...

May 21, 2019

Beatrice Ann Knudtson, age 88 of Fitchburg, formerly of Dodgeville and Blanchardville died on Tuesday evening, May 21, 2019 at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg.  She was born on July 17, 1930 in Milwaukee to Harold Dean and Alice Marie (Ingwell) Williams.  She grew up in Shorewood near Milwaukee, living there with her parents until her senior year of high...

May 17, 2019

Rodney Carl Klassy passed away on May 17, 2019 in Ingram, Texas. Rodney was born in Darlington, Wisconsin on June 6, 1955 to Herbert Delmar and Audrae "Hope" (Swiggum) Klassy. Rod grew up on Sunnyside Road in rural Blanchardville with his seven siblings on the family farm.  He went to school in Blanchardville.  He participated in football and track. ...

May 10, 2019

Paul David Ihus, age 75, of Linden, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 10th, 2019 at UW Hospital in Madison.  He was born May 5th, 1944 in Blanchardville, the son of the late Carl and Dorothy (Arntsen) Ihus.  He attended school in Blanchardville.

Paul was a dairy farmer in Iowa County for over 25 years.  After farming...